N-i-c-e take.........deserves a repeat.
Perry did not even officially enter the Iowa caucus----he cunningly manipulated the vote from Texas---that was supposed to take him over the top. Instead he got 700-800 pitiful write-ins, while Michele and the other winners got 4000 votes. He stomped all over Michele's hard fought win, announcing his candidacy on the day she won.
The Perry-pimponistas were cued to say "Rick won"---and there he was waving and smiling in front of Iowa banners---like he was the winner.
Ricky promised Texans he would not run for president if they reelected him Governor----AT THE SAME TIME he raised $55 million for a WH race. This calculating conman entered the 2012 race with three PACs (that we know of) teeming with millions.
While America has elected incoherent Texas governors in the past, Perry is probably the worst candidate ever to enter a presidential race. His precipitous downfall, engineered by his own stupidity, is one for the political history books.
Even IF Perry were to secure the nomination, Obama and the left would rip him apart on his lousy record managing public monies. Oh wait, they already have...
Well said, Liz. Particularly your comments about Michele Bachmann. The Perry crazies here at FR were programmed to destroy her not just as a candidate but as a woman. It was unforgiveable and, in the end, turned me off Perry for all time.
Bingo. That will go down as the only real achievement of Perry's candidacy: the destruction of Bachman's. It's even possible that the Perry surge (now collapsed) was crucial in discouraging Palin from running. Now conservatives are down to one candidate--Cain, and as much as I like him, it's not healthy to have all our eggs in one basket.
Liz, that is false. It's been corrected repeatedly when it appears here at FR. The "55 million" number was a number that they said they WERE GOING TO RAISE during the primaries, once Perry entered the race. None of it was raised before he entered the race.
I realize you don't mind calling his wife and Perry liars, and I won't respond to most of what you write because it's pure propaganda and not worth the time, but I wanted to correct this misstatment of information; we all have the right to our misguided opinions, but not to our own facts.